Principle over Politics? The Domestic Policy of the George H. W. Bush Presidency

Table of contents

• Principle over Politics? i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface xi
• Introduction xv
• Part I - Budget and Deficits 1
• 1 - Governance versus Politics: the Budget Policy Legacy of the Bush Administration 3
• 2 - The 1990 Deficit Reduction Deal 25
• Moderator: Neil D. Levin 48
• Discussant: James W. Cicconi 49
• Discussant: Karen Hosler 52
• Discussant: Daniel L. Ostrander 55
• Discussant: Richard M. Pious 59
• Discussant: Michael J. Boskin 64
• Discussant: Roger B. Porter 67
• Questions and Answers 70
• Part II - The Economy 75
• 3 - The Bush Stagnation, Its Etiology, and a Keynesian Prescription 77
• 4 - Antitrust in Transition: the Bush Years 89
• 5 - The Burden of the Reagan Legacy on the Bush Presidency 105
• Discussant: Thomas S. Foley 119
• Discussant: Frank Murray 123
• Discussant: Michael J. Boskin 128
• Discussant: Roger B. Porter 130
• Questions and Answers 133
• Part III - Americans with Disabilities Act 141
• 6 - George Bush and the Americans with Disabilities Act 143
• Discussant: Justin Dart, Jr 156
• Discussant: C. Boyden Gray 159
• Discussant: Frank G. Bowe 162
• Discussant: Paul Hearne 164
• Discussant: Joseph P. Shapiro 167
• Discussant: Lucy Wong-Hernandez 172
• Questions and Answers 175
• Presentation of Disabled Peoples' International Award to President George Bush 177
• Part IV - Civil Rights, Drugs, Housing, and Education 181
• 7 - Symbolic Politics Revisited: the Bush Administration and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 183
• 8 - Beyond Saying No: Domestic Drug Policy and Its Effects during the Bush Rights Administration, 1989–1992 203
• 9 - America 2000, Goals 2000: Educational Reform for the Next Century? 209
• Discussant: Antonio C 219
• Discussant: Alvin Bessent 221
• Discussant: Phillip D. Brady 224
• Discussant: Alfred A. Dellibovi 228
• Discussant: C. Boyden Gray 230
• Discussant: B. Robert Okun 233
• Panelist Discussion 236
• Part V - Health Issues and Problems 241
• 10 - Major Initiatives of the Department of Health and Human Services during the Bush Years 243
• 11 - Presidential Transition and Public Policy: the Repeal of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage 247
• 12 - Opportunity of a Generation Lost: Abortion Policy in the Bush Administration 255
• 13 - Family Values and Public Policy during the Bush Years: the Case of the Family and Medical Leave Act 263
• Discussant: Marie Cocco 278
• Discussant: Edward J. Derwinksi 280
• Discussant: Bill Green 282
• Discussant: Burton J. Lee III 285
• Discussant: William Roper 287
• Discussant: Gail R. Wilensky 290
• Questions and Answers 293
• Part VI - Volunteerism: a Kinder Gentler Society 299
• 14 - George Bush and the New Deal Order 301
• 15 - George Bush and the Last Whig Preside Ne Y 311
• Moderator: Ronald H. Silverman 322
• Discussant: Richard Benedetto 327
• Discussant: Dante Brown 330
• Discussant: William C. Powanda 332
• Discussant: C. Gregg Petersmeyer 335
• Questions and Answers 339
• Part VII - Science and Technology 345
• Discussant: Charles M. Herzfeld 346
• Discussant: Kenneth P. Yale 371
• Questions and Answers 374
• Part VIII - Energy and Environment 375
• 16 - Crisis and Opportunity: American Energy Policy during the Bush Years and beyond 377
• Discussant: Martin L. Allday 406
• Discussant: Michael R. Deland 409
• Discussant: C. Boyden Gray 413
• Discussant: William K. Reilly 416
• Discussant: Robert L.January 421
• Questions and Answers 424
• Index 431
• About the Editors and Contributors 443

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